SS Bozeman Victory
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SS Bozeman Victory was a Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. It was built and launched by the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation on December 9, 1944 and completed on February 17, 1945. The ship's United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2-S-AP3 and hull number 151 (1205). She was built in just 106 days. The Maritime Commission turned it over for Merchant navy operation to a civilian contractor, the Alaska SS Company under the United States Merchant Marine act for the War Shipping Administration.[2] She was named after the city of Bozeman, Montana.
Typical Victory ship | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | SS Bozeman Victory |
Namesake | Bozeman, Montana |
Owner | War Shipping Administration |
Operator | Alaska SS Company 1945 |
Builder | Oregon Shipbuilding Company |
Laid down | November 3, 1944 |
Launched | December 9, 1944 |
Completed | February 17, 1945 |
Fate | Sold to private 1946, scrapped 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship |
Tonnage | 7,612 GRT, 4,553 NRT |
Displacement | 15,200 tons |
Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Installed power | 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
Propulsion | HP & LP turbines geared to a single 20.5-foot (6.2 m) propeller |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 4 lifeboats |
Complement | 62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards |
Armament | |
Notes | [1] |
Victory ships were designed to supersede the earlier Liberty ships. Unlike Liberty ships, Victory ships were designed to serve the US Navy after the war[3] and also last longer. The Victory ship differed from a Liberty ship in that they were: faster, longer and wider, taller, and had a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure. They also had a long raised forecastle.